Wind or water wheel.



No. 739,413. I PATENTED SEPT. 22,1903. 7 7 J. HANDEL. I

WIND OR-WATER WHEEL. APPLIOATION PILED MAY 16. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented September 22, r963.

JOHN HANDEL, QF"SAVANNA,-ILLINOIS.

WIND OR WATER WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 739,413, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filea ne 16, 1903.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN HANDEL, of Savanna, in the county of Carroll and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVind or Water Wheels; and

I hereby. declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification. f

This invention is an improvement in wind and waterwheels adapted to act as motors for transmitting power derived from air or water currents, or if the wheel be driven by other power it can be used to create currents of air or water. Theinvention, however, is primarily designed as a motor-wheel to be driven by aircurrents. The wheel has two sets of blades or vanes spread some distance apart at their points of attachment to the axle or hub, but coming into line near or at the rim of the wheel, the inner ends of the blades at the hub being alined with the shaft and with each other; but the outer ends of the blades in the two series are twisted so as to aline with the plane of the wheel-rim, the blades being given substantially a quarterturn between the shaft and rim, and the outer ends of the blades in the two series alternate at the rim to which they are attached.

An important feature of the invention is that the blades in both sets are twisted in thesame direction, their inner ends being'broadside parallel with the hub or axis, but the lev-, erage of the blades decreases from-the hub toward the rim in proportion to the speed of different parts of the blade around the hub during rotation of the wheel.

' bodies the several features of the invention;

but I do not limit myself 'to the construction shown except as the same may be specifically stated in the claims, to which I refer for Slljll maries of the essential features and constructions of parts of the invention for which pro- Serial N0.157,4:50. (No model.)

Fig. is a detail section similar to Fig. 2, but

in a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 2.

Tothe hub or shaft a of the wheel are connected two series of blades or vanes B B, one

set in advance of the other and with their broadsides or longest diameters at their inner ends parallel with the axis of the shaft and the blades in each set at their ends adjacent to the shaft being in'alinement when viewed from the side, sothat every pair of front and rear blades appear to converge and merge at the hub, but diverge as they radiate outward. The outer ends of the blades in each set converge toward each other and meet at the rim to which they are attached, preferably by fastening their outer ends'to oppo site sides of a rib c on the rim, 'asshown. The blades are given a quarter-turn or less between the shaft and rim, so that their outer "ing passed under a loop a in a bar a, secured to the shaft by collars a and the outer ends of the strip being properly twisted and fastened to the rim, as shown. to form blades for half, more or less, of the wheel can be secured beneath each clamp,

Enough strips and two clamps are shown each confining two sets of strips, forming blades for opposite halves of the wheel. ables a large wheel to be easily made up in sections, and it also facilitates the removal and replacing of broken or damaged blades or vanes.-

Power may be taken from or applied to the wheel either through shaft a or through'the rim of the wheel by belting or gearing. I have shown a friction-pulleyD in engage ment with the periphery of rim 0. "The Wheel shown in Fig. 1 will give or receive two long impulses owing to the nesting of the blades. The advantages of my Wheel are that it is This construction en self-braced against end thrust by reason of the oppositely-inclined sets of blades B B. The bladesin both sets being twisted alike renders the wheel reversiblet'. e., it can receive motion from either side and propel forward or backand the currents of air passing through the wheel act alike on both sets of blades to impart motion in the same direction' to the wheel. The wheel is especially adapted for use as a portable wind-wheel, which must operate near the surface'of the ground, as it responds readily to changeable and slow-moving currents of air.

Having thus described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is

1. A wheel having a hub or shaft, a rim, two sets of blades attached to the hub and rim, the sets of blades being separated at the hub, but converging toward the rim, and the outer ends of the blades alternating in their points of attachment to the rim, the blades being given a twist between the hub and rim and both sets of blades being twisted in the same direction, substantially as described.

2. A wheel having a hub, a rim and two sets of blades, the inner ends of the sets of blades being separated at the hub, but in alinement with the shaft, the sets of blades converging toward the rim and their outer ends alternating in their points of attachment thereto, the blades in both sets being twisted in the same direction, for the purpose and substantially as described.

3. In a wheel of the character described, a rim, a shaft or hub, two series of blades at tached to the hub edgewise to the face of the wheel, and converging toward the rim, and attached thereto substantially broadside to the face of the wheel, both sets of blades being twisted or deflected in the same direction,

for the purpose and substantially as described.

et. In a wheel of the character described, a rim, a shaft or hub, two series of blades attached to the hub edgewise to the face of the wheel, and converging toward the rim, and attached thereto substantially broadside to the face of the wheel, the front and rear blades being in alinement at the hub but alternating at the rim.

5. In a wheel, the combination of the rim and hub, astrip having its center attached to the hub, and its extremities attached to the rim, and forming vanes or blades, the said blades being twisted in the same direction, substantially as described.

6. A wheel comprising a rim, a hub and series of strips attached to the hub, and having their outer ends radiating toward and attached to the rim, and forming the blades or vanes thereof, the blades being twisted or deflected in similar directions, substantially as described.

7. A wind-wheel comprising a rim, a shaft or hub, two series of blades attached to the hub edgewise t0 the face of the wheel, and converging toward the rim, and attached thereto substantially broadside to the face of the wheel, the front and rear blades being in alinement at the hub, but alternating at the rim, and both sets of blades being twisted or deflected in the same direction, for the purpose and substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN IIANDIJL.

In presence of- N ELLIE HOLLAND, FRANK GREENLEAF. 

